The resolutions committee at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Belgrade has rejected an Arab-inspired anti-Israel resolution. It was referred to a special committee however and will be brought to a vote at the plenary session.
The resolution condemns Israel’s policies in the occupied territories, particularly its economic activities there and calls on UNCTAD to create a special unit to investigate the charges. Meir Gabay, head of the Israeli delegation, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that there probably would be a compromise, Israel will not be condemned and the special unit will not be set up. He said UNCTAD would be called upon only to prepare a survey of Israel’s economic activities in the territories.
Another resolution calling for economic assistance in Lebanon holds Israel responsible for the situation in that country, Gabay argued that Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization were responsible. The Lebanese delegate asked the conference not to mention Israel in the context of the aid resolution.
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